Improvement in whip-sockets



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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE. .y *l

ALBERT H. LAU,` 0E sANrRANoIsoo, CALIFORNIA. I f. Y

IMPROVEMENT IN WHIP-SOCKETS:

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 199,374, dated January 22, 1878 application filed November 7, 1877.

To all whom 'it may concern'.- the dog E, which is pivoted to the clutch at- .Be it known that I, ALBERT H. LAU, of f, and is thrown out of action by the use of the city and county of San Francisco, Calithe key F. This dog has a bent arm provided fornia, have inventeda new and useful Safetywith teeth or serrations on its end, that en- Lock Whip-Socket, which invention is fully gage with notches in the inner face of the set forth in the following specification and ac' curved rim of the lock, and it is held against companyin g drawings. this surf'ace by the spring g. Thus, when the In the drawings referred to, Figure l is a key is taken out and the pin c is released from side elevation, with the side of the socket the catch D, these parts C E are thrown by the broken away to show the parts more clearly. springs c g into the positions shown in Fig. 5, Fig. 2 is a top view of the same. Figs. 3 and and any backward movement of the bolt or 4. are detail views with the face-plate of the clutch C is prevented by the dog E until the lock removed. Fig. 5 is a view of the inner keyis employed to throw it back out of action.

face of the lock-plate. The pin c of the clutch C works through a Similar letters of reference indicate like curved slot in the face-plate of the lock in line parts in all the drawings. with the end of the spring-catch D, and it The obj ect of my invention is to provide a serves as a means for drawing down the clutch lock or safety attachment to whip-sockets out of action when the dog vE is moved back which can be brought into action to hold the by the key, it being held down by the catch whip in the socket, and prevent it from being when the lock is not required for use. stolen whenever the driver leaves the vehicle My invention is thus constructed and comin the street unprotected. Sucha device is of bined with a whip-socket of any form or size; great utility in holding valuable whips in their or it is made of the form shown in Fig. 1 of sockets against danger of being unlawfully the drawings, where the sleeve A is employed abstracted. as a supplemental socket, to be placed and My invention therein consists in the combisecured over and in line with the ordinary nation, construction, andarrangements of the socket of the vehicle, whereby my invention principal operative parts, as fully hereinafter can readily be applied to any whip-socket now explained. in use upon a vehicle.

In the said drawings, A represents a sleeve When in operation, the lock is'thrown into or socket, having a chamber, B, secured to, or action to secure the whip by moving back the forming part of, one side thereof, that holds catch to release the pin c, and the whip is rethe locking device, and a slot, a, through the leased only by the use of the key F to throw same side, for the bolt or clutch to work in. C the dog E out of play. is the serrated bolt or clutch, pivoted within In place of the key, any other means to conthe chamber B, and projecting through the trol the dog may be used, as a wheel or disk slot and within the socket, to engage with the governed by a combination of letters or iigbutt of the whip. D is a springcatch upon ures, whereby, in a particular position of the the outside of the face-plate, which engages disk, known only to the driver, the dog is free with the pin c on clutch C, and holds it back out to allow the clutch to be moved out of action. of action when it is not desired to. lock the Having thus fully described my invention, whip within the socket. what I claim as new therein, and desire to se- The clutch C and the means for operating cure by Letters Patent, isand controlling it will be understood by refer- 1. In combination with a sleeve or socket, A, ence to Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings. The the locking device or clutch composed of the clutch is provided with a serrated or properlyparts G D E c d e j' g, arranged and combined roughened surface upon the end that projects with a suitable chamber uponthe side of the into the socket, and it is pivoted at el, and held said sleeve, and with the end of the clutch out in play by the spring e. working through a slot in the side thereof,

The movement of the clutch is prevented by substantially as herein described and set forth.

2; |The locking device composed of the following parts, arranged Within the chamberB: rst7 the serrated bolt or clutch C; second, the curved dog E, With serrated or roughened end; third, the pin c, Working through a slot in the face-plate; fourth, the spring-catch D upon the outside of the face-plate; flith,the springs e g, for throwing the parts into action, combined and arranged to operate substantially as herein described and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of Octoloer7 1877:

ALBERT H. LAU.

Witnesses: I

C. W. M. SMITH, OSCAR T. SHUCK. 

